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Has OmniDrive joined the deadpool?

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

One of a number of cheap online storage services — a group that includes Carbonite, Mozy and JungleDisk (which uses Amazon’s S3 storage system) — Omnidrive.com appears to be having significant problems, and according to some reports may be heading for the ... Continue reading »

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  • Charlie

    1 year ago

    The main site is down but you can still login at https://web6.omnidrive.com/web2/login.htm
    When I get a chance I'll be taking the backwards step of downloading all my stuff onto an external hard drive until my faith returns
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    Thanks, Charlie. I think that would be wise.
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  • a friendly word of advise

    1 year ago

    Rule no 1 of the blogosphere: don't piss off Arrington. He is on the board of Omnidrive as an investor and so you might like to pull this story before he starts targeting you. You are either his friend or foe, there is no grey line.

    Unlike Sethi, Arrington likes Nik and so strangely he won't write this story up, print confidential emails and he would probably appreciate if others didn't big it up either.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    I have a lot of respect for Mike, but I write what I want.
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  • Simon East

    1 year ago

    Arrington and Riley really need to come clean on this one. Both these two are investors in Omnidrive and both write on the successes and failings of technology companies. Why the silence? What is there to hide?

    It's one thing for a startup to fail, it's another to rip of your employees and customers.
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  • ex-blognation editor

    1 year ago

    For clarity none of the editors of blognation were employees. We were all independent suppliers.
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  • Fred Smith

    1 year ago

    I bet this story won't make Techmeme either as Gabe is in the " I love Arrington Gang"
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  • Gabe

    1 year ago

    Sam Sethi: I'm assuming here that most of the recent comments under different names are from you, like on the RWW post.
    Please stop saying this crap about me on blogs, it's false and doesn't help anyone. BTW, Techmeme, while featuring TC prominently, also frequently serves as a kind of anti-Arrington clearinghouse. I recall it spotlighting on of your attack posts in fact...
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  • Duncan

    1 year ago

    Simon East
    I'm not an investor in Omnidrive so I have nothing to hide or no hidden agenda.

    I heard from Nik about a week ago (note after I'd contacted him after the deadpool rumors surfaced) who told me he was experiencing some issues with the web site however they'd hired some new staff and that their focus was keeping the service itself up (which I believe in the most it has been, even if the website is down). That's all I know, there's not a post in that because as far as I know Omnidrive has issues, but its not deadpool time and the core service would seem to be unaffected. If I hear more or discover more that would support a different call on it story wise you'll read about it on TC
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  • jpack

    1 year ago

    Duncan,

    I don't know how you can say core service has been unaffected. The forums have many reports of users who are unable to upload. The "0 bytes" error has been occurring for many for weeks now. I have not been able to upload to my account in over a month. Granted I finally got my refund a week or so ago, after weeks of constant emails to support that went unanswered. So I guess now that I have my money back, and no longer use the service (since I still cannot upload) then I guess I cannot complain. But no articles on Techcrunch about this? If you cannot upload, and essentially use the service... and support does not respond to your requests until weeks after... and the website goes down. I don't know, but if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...
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  • jpack

    1 year ago

    I guess Arrington's video here answers my question:

    http://www.seesmic.com/Standalone.html?video=vS...
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  • Simon East

    1 year ago

    Apologies Duncan for the misrepresentation.

    Looks like the Omnidrive site is up again, strangely the blog states that it was restored in hours, http://www.omnidrive.com/blog/2008/01/14/websit... when it has been down for several days.
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  • samksethi

    1 year ago

    Not me Gabe, I only saw this because of my name check via Google alerts. If I have something to say I am happy to do so under my own name but I agree it is odd how this story did not make Techmeme given the widespread coverage of RWW and MI on Techmeme via your algorithm for everything else?
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  • DeadMedium

    1 year ago

    Duncan - TC did delete 2 comments that I made on other "Deadpool" posts asking for a clarification. Care to comment?
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  • Almudena

    1 year ago

    I've been using docoom (www.docoom.com) for a while and I'm very happy with its service. You can try it for a month for free, and after that it only costs 2.50 $ each 5 GB monthly.
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  • phil

    10 months ago

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